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Hussain Indorewala

Dharavi dreams: The new redevelopment plan ignores the rights of the people who built it

The area’s staggering land value has been collectively produced over the decades, much of it by the labour of residents themselves.

Hussain Indorewala
· Dec 18, 2022 · 09:15 am
Climate action for cities: Can the tide be turned?

We will need infrastructural change, environmental protections, a clean energy transition and economic justice to adapt to the impending changes.

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Shweta Wagh
· Jan 22, 2021 · 09:00 am
Mumbai’s Coastal Road: Making land in a drowning city

Last fortnight, the Supreme Court conceded that the project is not exempt from environmental and wildlife clearances. Nevertheless, reclamation work continues.

Shweta Wagh
,
Hussain Indorewala
&
Aaran Patel
· Aug 31, 2020 · 09:00 am

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The biggest flaw in Mumbai’s Development Plan: it misunderstands both development and planning

The document’s authors concede it is not really a ‘plan’. Well, it is not for ‘development’ either.

Hussain Indorewala
· Apr 18, 2015 · 08:30 am

Hussain Indorewala

Dharavi dreams: The new redevelopment plan ignores the rights of the people who built it

The area’s staggering land value has been collectively produced over the decades, much of it by the labour of residents themselves.

Hussain Indorewala
· Dec 18, 2022 · 09:15 am

Climate action for cities: Can the tide be turned?

We will need infrastructural change, environmental protections, a clean energy transition and economic justice to adapt to the impending changes.

Hussain Indorewala
&
Shweta Wagh
· Jan 22, 2021 · 09:00 am

Mumbai’s Coastal Road: Making land in a drowning city

Last fortnight, the Supreme Court conceded that the project is not exempt from environmental and wildlife clearances. Nevertheless, reclamation work continues.

Shweta Wagh
,
Hussain Indorewala
&
Aaran Patel
· Aug 31, 2020 · 09:00 am

Plan for Mumbai’s Eastern Waterfront uses public land to benefit the wealthy – and must be resisted

Shouldn’t employment, housing, infrastructure and environment be at the forefront of decision making regarding the future of this vital resource?

Hussain Indorewala
· Mar 21, 2020 · 12:30 pm

‘Destructive futility’: 10 reasons why Mumbai’s Coastal Road Project should be scrapped

It will provide little benefit, if any at all, but extract enormous economic, social, environmental and public health costs.

Hussain Indorewala
· May 07, 2019 · 08:00 am

Does Mumbai really need 11 lakh more houses?

The state’s plans to build more houses in the city is just a sophisticated land-grab scheme.

Hussain Indorewala
· Mar 22, 2016 · 02:30 pm

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The biggest flaw in Mumbai’s Development Plan: it misunderstands both development and planning

The document’s authors concede it is not really a ‘plan’. Well, it is not for ‘development’ either.

Hussain Indorewala
· Apr 18, 2015 · 08:30 am

Hussain Indorewala

Dharavi dreams: The new redevelopment plan ignores the rights of the people who built it

The area’s staggering land value has been collectively produced over the decades, much of it by the labour of residents themselves.

Hussain Indorewala · Dec 18, 2022 · 09:15 am

Climate action for cities: Can the tide be turned?

We will need infrastructural change, environmental protections, a clean energy transition and economic justice to adapt to the impending changes.

Hussain Indorewala & Shweta Wagh · Jan 22, 2021 · 09:00 am

Mumbai’s Coastal Road: Making land in a drowning city

Last fortnight, the Supreme Court conceded that the project is not exempt from environmental and wildlife clearances. Nevertheless, reclamation work continues.

Shweta Wagh, Hussain Indorewala & Aaran Patel · Aug 31, 2020 · 09:00 am

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Plan for Mumbai’s Eastern Waterfront uses public land to benefit the wealthy – and must be resisted

Shouldn’t employment, housing, infrastructure and environment be at the forefront of decision making regarding the future of this vital resource?

Hussain Indorewala · Mar 21, 2020 · 12:30 pm

‘Destructive futility’: 10 reasons why Mumbai’s Coastal Road Project should be scrapped

It will provide little benefit, if any at all, but extract enormous economic, social, environmental and public health costs.

Hussain Indorewala · May 07, 2019 · 08:00 am

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The state’s plans to build more houses in the city is just a sophisticated land-grab scheme.

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The biggest flaw in Mumbai’s Development Plan: it misunderstands both development and planning

The document’s authors concede it is not really a ‘plan’. Well, it is not for ‘development’ either.

Hussain Indorewala · Apr 18, 2015 · 08:30 am

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